Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – James "Whitey" Bulger, the former head of Boston's Winter Hill Gang, evaded police for 16 years before his 2011 arrest with girlfriend Catherine Greig in Santa Monica, California. After a lengthy trial, Bulger, seen here in his booking photo from June 23, 2011, was found guilty on 31 of 32 counts -- including involvement in 11 murders. On November 14, 2013, Bulger was given two life sentences plus five years. Here's a look at some of the people tied to Bulger's life of crime:

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – James "Whitey" Bulger, seen here in a 1984 FBI photo, spent nine years in federal prison before he climbed the ranks of the Winter Hill Gang -- the preeminent Irish-American crime syndicate in the Boston area -- in the early 1970s.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – According to prosecutors, Bulger's crew learned that a bookie named Richard Castucci was cooperating with the government, and John Martorano was sent to kill him. Castucci was shot in the head in December 1976 and stuffed in a sleeping bag in the back of his car.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Steve "The Rifleman" Flemmi, left, and bookie Dick O'Brien in one of several surveillance photographs entered into evidence in the Bulger trial. Flemmi, Bulger's partner, would meet O'Brien to collect thousands of dollars in "rent" every month.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Bulger is accused of murdering Flemmi's stepdaughter, Deborah Hussey, in 1985 because she became a liability.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Flemmi met Debra Davis at a jewelry store, and the couple dated for more than seven years. In 1981, Bulger is said to have killed Davis because she knew that Flemmi was an informant.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Dr. Ann Marie Mires, a Massachusetts state forensic anthropologist, was brought in to Bulger's trial show photos of his alleged victims, including Debra Davis. Because Davis' body was put into bags, almost all of her remains were recovered. Even some of her hair was preserved.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Mug shots of Bulger in 1953, about a year after his honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Bulger was the godfather to John Martorano's first son. Martorano has admitted to 20 killings as part of Boston's Winter Hill Gang and was the government's star witness against Bulger.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – In 2008, John Martorano, pictured here, testified against former FBI agent John Connolly, who was accused of leaking sensitive information about former gambling executive John Callahan. Martorano testified that he shot his friend Callahan on Bulger's orders in 1982.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – John Callahan was an organized crime associate of the Winter Hill Gang and former president of World Jai Alai. Prosecutors allege Bulger ordered a hit on Callahan after he learned he would be cooperating with the feds on the high-profile murder of an Oklahoma businessman, Roger Wheeler.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Bulger is accused in the slaying of Wheeler, who was gunned down outside a country club in Oklahoma in 1981.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Joe Notorangeli was gunned down by the Winter Hill gang in 1973, according to Martorano.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – John Connolly was convicted of second-degree murder in the slaying of Callahan and received a 40-year sentence in 2009. A Florida appeals court vacated that conviction in May 2014, citing a statute of limitations issue. Connolly remains incarcerated as prosecutors try to convince the appeals court to reverse its decision.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Former FBI supervisor John Morris testified at Bulger's trial that he provided information to Bulger in exchange for money and gifts. Here, Morris testifies during the John Connolly murder trial in Miami in 2008.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Bulger's girlfriend, Catherine Greig, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison in 2012 for identity fraud and helping the reputed mob boss avoid capture for 16 years.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – J.W. Carney, Bulger's defense attorney, arrives at the U.S. Federal Courthouse for the start of Bulger's trial in Boston on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – This undated surveillance photo released by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston shows Bulger, left, with his former right-hand man, Kevin Weeks. Weeks took the witness stand at Bulger's racketeering trial and described a double slaying, multiple extortions and drug dealing.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Bulger and Kevin Weeks walk around Castle Island on Boston Harbor.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Kevin Weeks leaves the courthouse in July 2013 after testifying in graphic detail about how Bulger killed Arthur "Bucky" Barrett, Joey McIntyre and Deborah Hussey.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – The remains of Thomas King, former member of the Winter Hill Gang, were found in late 2000 and included these driving gloves, a bulletproof vest, a navy suit, and a claddagh ring. Martorano, one of Bulger's hitmen, testified that he himself had shot King in the back of the head.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Stephen Rakes, 59, was scheduled to be a witness for the prosecution before he was dropped from the list. His body was found July 17, 2013, in Lincoln, Massachusetts, west of Boston. Rakes' business associate has been charged with his murder. Authorities said Rakes' killing was unrelated to the Bulger case.

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Who's who in the James 'Whitey' Bulger case – Trying to show a softer, lighter side of Bulger, his defense lawyers released numerous photos of their client during the 2013 trial. The tactic didn't work: Bulger will spend the rest of his life in prison.

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Story highlights

Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi was "Whitey" Bulger's partner and henchman

Flemmi is now a star prosecution witness in Bulger's federal trial on murder and other charges

The stepdaughter subsequently was killed by Bulger; Flemmi says he did nothing

They were partners-in-crime for more than two decades: Reputed mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger and his henchman, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi.

In the course of three days on the witness stand in Bulger's federal trial, Flemmi has described in great detail the murders he says he witnessed Bulger commit and he has portrayed himself as a lackey following orders and getting rid of physical evidence -- pulling victims' teeth to avoid identification and disposing of bodies.

On Tuesday, Bulger's lawyer, Hank Brennan, tried to reverse the image and portray Flemmi as a man who knew how to kill people independently of Bulger. He focused in on Flemmi's common-law stepdaughter Deborah Hussey. Not only did Flemmi molest her when she was 17 (an act Flemmi maintains happened twice and was consensual), he also lured her to her death at age 26 after first taking her shopping.

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"That murder could have been prevented by one word from Bulger," Flemmi said. "All he had to say was p-a-s-s, pass. I would have been happy."

Flemmi testified he watched and did nothing as Bulger strangled the troubled girl with his bare hands. After she was dead Flemmi removed her beige sweater, pulled-out her teeth as he had done with other victims to thwart identification of bodies, and then buried her in a basement floor, he testified.

Bulger's lawyer then continued to portray Flemmi as a pedophile, whose actions contributed to his stepdaughter's drug addiction. Flemmi became unnerved, pointing at Bulger who sat just eight feet away, snapping, "You want to talk about pedophilia, right over there at that table." He then referenced a trip Bulger made to Mexico with a 16-year-old-girlfriend.

Lawyers for Bulger, who is charged with 19 murders, extortion and racketeering, also questioned Flemmi about the murder of Flemmi's girlfriend, Debbie Davis.

Flemmi said in earlier testimony that Bulger strangled the 26-year-old beauty because she knew the name of a rogue FBI agent who had recruited Bulger and Flemmi to work as informants.

Brennan asked about dinner meetings Flemmi had with Connolly at Flemmi's parents' home and wondered why they weren't killed. Flemmi called the question "ridiculous" and said, "All my mother knew was how to cook and she was a very good cook. She didn't know John Connolly from a hole in the wall."

Bulger's lawyer pointed out Davis was murdered after Flemmi learned she was involved with another man.

And he tried pointing out inconsistencies in Flemmi's prior testimony about exactly where the woman died in the house she had been lured to, upstairs or after Flemmi and Bulger carried her to the basement.

"I'm not a doctor. She looked dead to me. She felt dead. She was dead," said Flemmi, who testified earlier that Bulger strangled Davis upstairs. He also said her death was "such a distasteful act, it's a guilt trip I've been on all these years."

In an attempt to show Flemmi was his own man, Brennan led Flemmi through a series of murders and crimes he committed before he met Bulger. Flemmi contended as part of a criminal gang, he couldn't back out or say 'No' once the gang had made a decision.

"You don't understand the underworld at all," Flemmi hissed at Bulger's lawyer."You don't know nothing. That's the real world. That's the world I was involved in."